Kickstarter, the Brooklyn-based leader in crowdfunding for tabletop games, had a big year in 2024. Not only did it staunch the post-pandemic flow of backer dollars from what has been traditionally its single largest revenue category, it also set some records — including the most-funded tabletop game of all time.
These are the biggest campaigns of the year, in order, as shared with Polygon by Kickstarter.
Coming in second place last year is the campaign for Altered TCG, a novel trading card game from the French start-up Equinox. The game features QR codes on all of its collectible cards, including one-of-one uniques, and even allows players to play virtually with their own collections online. Its digital marketplace and print-on-demand features were expected in January, but have yet to enter beta. Meanwhile, you can find the game at local retailers here in the United States.
In third place is yet another record-setting campaign in Trench Crusade, the most-funded miniatures skirmish game ever launched on the crowdfunding platform. You can check out a preview of its wild concept art and an interview with its creators in our exclusive feature story. Other top titles include a new TTRPG celebrating the work of Terry Pratchett, a game inspired by hit video game Terrarria, and Thunder Road: Vendetta – Carnival of Chaos from Restoration Games.
February marks the beginning of Zine Quest, traditionally a time of innovation for TTRPG creators who will launch dozens of projects this month. While the larger campaigns on this list have been extremely successful, that’s not always the case for smaller creators. Digging into Kickstarter’s own data, if you subtract these 10 campaigns from the total amount pledged to new tabletop projects on the platform this year you end up with an average per-campaign haul of just $33,729 — less than half the $67,350 average earned across all successful tabletop campaigns in 2019.
